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Or better yet, why not enact laws that say bars, clubs, gas stations, liquor stores, restaurants and cafés have to have free toilets? Give them some compensatio

Or better yet, why not enact laws that say bars, clubs, gas stations, liquor stores, restaurants and cafés have to have free toilets? Give them some compensation, e.g. government pays for putting in or upgrading the bathroom and the restaurant just has to keep it clean and open. It solves most of the problems with public toilets out on the street, such as them being nasty and occupied by homeless people, because the owner of the establishment wants to keep it nice and clean.

true_religion 10y ago
Don't they have to? In the US, there's a law that says all places that serve food and aren't on a public street (e.g. a food truck), have to have a public toilet. At least in my jurisdiction, gas station don't have public toilets because they want to---they have it because since they serve reheated hot dogs, they are required to have a toilet.
- y4mi 10y ago
  in germany you're required to have a toiled as well, but it doesnt have to be truly public. they're almost always limited to customers.
- degorov 10y ago
  Same thing in Russia. It doesn't always work well, but in most cases it does. As for mass public events - usually there are free street portable toilets provided as well. In most office buildings there are free toilets as well, and in all shopping malls, of course. Cinemas, theatres, medical institutions... All of those are publicly accessible without any questions asked. To be honest, I can name only 2 places where the toilets are paid in Russia - train and some bus stations and there are paid toilets near metro stations in Moscow.
ansible 10y ago
Exactly that is being tried... somewhere in Europe right now. Saw the story on HN last year, and it seemed be cost effective.